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ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES / CERTIFICATE CAREER PROGRAMS*

Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, and Retail

Program Outcomes

The specialization in Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, and Retail focuses on:

  • >Integration of competitive skills in fashion merchandising and buying with a focus on viable contemporary responses to the changing global retail environment through strategic marketing solutions and branding operations.

Career Opportunities

Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, and Retail: fashion and accessory merchandisers for retail businesses and fashion houses, buyers, buying office managers.

A.A. CURRICULUM

Additional General Education Requirements ( 12 credits )

English CompositionFTFCWF310 Writing for the Fashion Industry
Physical and Biological SciencesFWDNIN200 Introduction to Nutrition
MathematicsSMMAFM150 Finite Mathematics
Italian Language1 course from:
Italian LanguageItalian Studies and Linguistics - Italian Language
FIRST YEAR 37 credits
FTADSR210 Sketching and Rendering Accessories
PSELHS300S Introduction to Health and Safety
FTFCSF365 Fashion Retail Management Experiential Learning
FTFDFD230 Fashion Design Studio I
FTFDSC315 Sewing and Construction Techniques I
FTFCPF280 Faces, Facts, and Places in Italian Fashion
FTADAD255 Introduction to Accessory Design and Production: Shoes, Bags, and Belts Experiential Learning
FTFDPM260 Flat and Digital Patternmaking
FTFMVM325 Visual Merchandise and Display
BUMKFM280 Introduction to Fashion Marketing
FTFCFM300 Fashion, Media, and Culture
PSSPJN001 January EL Project I NC
SECOND YEAR 36 credits
FTFMMC285 Fashion Merchandising
BUMKRS325 Retail and Sales Strategies Experiential Learning
FTFMFM300 Fashion Forecasting for Merchandisers
FTFDIC200 Image Consultancy
BUMKFM360 Strategic Fashion Marketing
FTFMFB335 Fashion Buying Strategies: From Personal Shopper to Retail Merchandising Experiential Learning
BUMASM300 Sales Management
FTFDFS350 Fashion Styling
BUMABM310 Brand Management
FTFCFB300 Fashion Business in Italy
PSSPJN002 January EL Project II NC
Total credits 85 credits